Here is the final list for all 33 categories of the AFRIMA 2015 All Africa Music Awards to be held in Lagos, Nigeria 15 November 2015.
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Davido + Uhuru + DJ Buckz - "The Sound"
AKA + Burna Boy + Da Les + Jr - "All Eyes On Me"
Dibi Dobo + Angelique Kidjo - "Ekomole"
J Martins + Yousoou N'Dour - "Time Is Now"
Ladysmith Black Mambazo + Salif Keita - "United We Stand"
Sauti Sol + Amosh & Josh - "Nerea"
VVIP+ Idris Elba + Phyno - "Get In Da Picture (Selfie remix)
Abdullah Ibrahim - "The Song Is My Story"
Abel Mulugeta - "Leb Barbamet"
Gabacho Maroconnection - "Moussaoui"
Recipients of the AFRIMA Legendary Award and the Africa Entertainment/Music Journalist Award will be decided by the International Committee of AFRIMA and revealed at the main awards ceremony on Sunday, November 15 while album, songwriter and producer of the year will be wholly decided by the academy.
Album of The Year
Songwriter of the Year
Producer of the Year
AFRIMA, in partnership with African Union Commission, AUC, announced the nominees for the 2015 edition of the All Africa Music Awards (AFRIMA) at an international media conference which took place on Friday, August 14, 2015 at Victoria Crown Plaza Hotel, Victoria Island, Lagos, Nigeria. Nominees are contending for the coveted AFRIMA 23.9 karat gold-plated trophy in 33 categories divided into the regional and continental categories and including the AFRIMA Legend Award and music/entertainment journalist of the year award.
Jury members and AFRIMA International Committee were present to unveil the nominees after a rigorous six day screening exercise which started on Sunday, August 9 and ended on Friday, August 14 which Rab Bakari participated in. Also present at the conference were media practitioners, artistes’ managers, label owners, artistes and other stakeholders who were all excited and expectant as the nominees were being announced.
Giving insight into the criteria by which the nominees list was reached, AFRIMA juror and BBC Radio 3 presenter, Rita Ray explained that the jury panel adhered strictly to the entry submission requirements while being guided by AFRIMA’s core values of FACE IT –Fairness, Authenticity, Creativity, Excellence, Integrity and Transparency. The voting process began on the Friday, August 21, 2015 and also said the AFRIMA voting online platform will open for an 11 week voting process, while encouraging the public, fans and followers of African music to visit the AFRIMA website, www.afrima.org, to view the nominees in the 29 (open for public voting) categories of the award and vote for their favourite artiste (s).
Revealing programmes of AFRIMA 2015 event, the President/Executive Producer of AFRIMA, Mike Dada said: “Recipients of the AFRIMA Legendary Award and the Africa Entertainment/Music Journalist Award will be decided by the International Committee of AFRIMA and revealed at the main awards ceremony on Sunday, November 15 while songwriter and producer of the year will be wholly decided by the academy.
AFRIMA 2015 will be held in Nigeria to be broadcast to 84 countries on 109 television stations across the world with the support of its media partners on 15 November 2015.